write up

This project now looks 10 times better than it did! I wanted a clean transition for the yellow/orange tone that I used in the graveyard scene (of the tombstones up-close) in the middle, but the red was lacking that effect. I changed the opening scene to a bright greenish yellow so it would roll right into the next graveyard scene. I used various effects, glow, color correction, lightning, and so on.

finished rough cut

I have finished a cut of the video animation and am pleased with the end result. I want to extend the scenes with the souls dancing through the fire and experiment with laying silhouetted characters on top of the video footage.

Video Footage Experiment

This project is a visual metaphor for death, and the possibilities of what lays in store for us on the other side. I decided to film Elmwood cemetery to capture the visual on death. The film starts with a smooth, almost peaceful ride through the graveyard
The transition occurs with bonfire footage from a previous film, to create an overpowering, silhouetted figure to represent a visual of Hell. Within the figure are lost souls dancing amongst the flames. The next transition occurs through multiple layers of cemetery grave footage, lightning and a spinning light reflection taken from a previous film. The ending transitions represent an abundance of deaths and the possibilities of where those people spirits ended up. When the lightning occurs, the motion of the cemetery shot speeds up to represent how fast life can disappear, and then you are left in the ground prepared for either the end, or possibly a new beginning.



Scene 1: Composite of a stone statue and grave-site from Elmwood cemetery

Scene 2: (Silhouette of flames) Stone statue from Elmwood and footage of people dancing around a bonfire from Adam’s Basement

Scene 3: Multiple, variously angled cemetery shots from Elmwood, lightning and spinning light reflection from Terra Firma

Scene 4: Final cemetery shot (Panning into the ground) from Elmwood